India vs England 2011: News

England’s shot selection in subcontinent conditions was poor. On wickets which are slow and have low bounce, the thumb rule is to play straight. But England batsmen, even before they got set, tried to improvise. Nilankur Das reports.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been officially reprimanded for showing "excessive and obvious disappointment" after being given out by the umpire during his side's six-wicket victory over India in their one-off Twenty20 match.

The star of England's six-wicket win in the lone Twenty20 match against India, batsman Kevin Pietersen revealed that he had to beg the coach for a berth in the playing eleven at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed an ordinary display by his batsmen for the hosts' six-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the lone Twenty20 International in Kolkata.

Stand-in T20 captain Graeme Swann today admitted that England played some "abjectly horrible" cricket during the just-concluded ODI series against India and the consolation win in one-off Twenty20 match was not enough to heal their wounds.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today blamed an ordinary display from his batsmen responsible for the hosts' six-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the lone Twenty20 International in Kolkata.

England scotch hosts' hopes for 'clean sweep' in low-scoring T20 tie at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Nilankur Das reports.. Scoreboard

This one-off T20 International at the Eden Gardens on Saturday is a first for the venue, and after getting thumped in all formats of the game in England, India will not want to give an inch away. Nilankur Das reports.

Brimming with confidence after thrashing England 5-0 in the ODIs, India would be aiming to wrap it up in style by beating the visitors in the one-off Twenty20 International at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata tomorrow.

This was India's third clean sweep in a five-game series. The previous ones were against England (2008) and New Zealand (2010). India also moved to third in the ODI rankings table, having started the series at fifth spot. Nilankur Das reports. Scorecard 

Without uttering the word 'revenge', Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday indirectly took a dig at the Englishmen for their sorry record on Indian soil.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is quite an anti-thesis of a batsman in the traditional mould, writes Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.

The two bowling Powerplays in the fifth ODI yielded the least runs in this series. India, from 71 for no loss after 15 overs, lost three wickets for only 10 runs in the five overs of bowling Powerplay on Sunday. Somshuvra Laha reports.

Varun Aaron’s dismissal of Scot Borthwick and Stuart Meaker in yesterday's ODI against England suggests a bright future for the lanky pacer, M S Dhoni’s coach Chanchal Bhattacharya said.

India's comprehensive wins have still failed to enthuse the usually vibrant Eden Gardens faithful. Nilankur Das writes.
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